For patient, savvy investors looking for long term gains, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) is a very appealing stock for a variety of factors. Caterpillar, a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA), is the world’s largest heavy equipment maker. It is also a very volatile stock. The beta for Caterpillar is 1.65. That means […]

A recent article on this site detailed the hoax about how a schoolboy in New York City fooled the media into believing he had made $72 million trading securities during recess. Of little surprise, it turned out to be a hoax. The aftermath is replete with articles about how to spot a stock hoax. That […]

Many previous articles have focused on the appeal of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), the world’s largest heavy equipment manufacturer. Caterpillar is up for the last week, month, and year of market action (chart below). It is a play on global growth. China, India, Brazil, and other countries need the equipment and services from Caterpillar to develop […]

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), the world’s largest equipment maker, has rebounded strongly due to better growth numbers from around the world. It would seem natural that would be happening soon with BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the largest natural resources company on the planet. But BHP Billiton is down for the last week, month, quarter, six months, […]

It has been a rough patch for Big Oil stocks such as BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), in recent market action. ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil and natural gas company, is off for the last quarter and six months of trading (chart below). That is the same for BP […]

There have been many articles detailing the virtues of Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) as a growth, value, and income stock. This week, Caterpillar was a momentum stock, rising more than 4.6 percent (chart below). The reason for the short term surge was Caterpillar reporting better earnings than expected by Wall Street. Concerns about global growth pounded […]

A recent article on this site reviewed the bullish outlook recently issued by BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world’s largest natural resources company. BHP Billiton depends a great deal on China. From its positive forecast, BHP Billiton obviously is bullish on the future for China. That makes sense as there are many reasons to feel […]

The bull market rally for the past five years has rewarded those owing such blue chip stocks as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) (chart below), and many others. For the savvy investor, that naturally raises the question of, “It it time to start buying small cap stocks?” Legendary […]

Long term investing is always the best way to proceed, especially for blue chip stalwarts like Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT). For the last year of market action, Caterpillar is up over 18 percent. But it is down for the last week, month, quarter, and six months of market action. For 2014, Caterpillar is up around 8.6 […]

It happens. Great companies like BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), and others will fall due to a scandal or temporary situation that brings negative news that takes down the stock price. It is now happening with Home Depot (NYSE: HD), due to a security breach. As with BP PLC, Caterpillar and others, buyers […]

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